[Jason Dunn]

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/entertainment/2004-08-25-our-dvds-ourselves_x.htm

"The average DVD buyer has amassed nearly 50 movies, but up to 10% of those titles have gone unwatched, according to consumer surveys for Universal Studios Home Video. That's an average of five movies — at least 10 hours of filmmaking, not counting all those extras — sitting on the shelf, perhaps still in their wrappers. But it's not just a matter of time. Consumers are so taken with DVDs that they are buying them simply as vanity items, knowing full well that they might never watch them."

This article talks about how the DVDs that a person owns serves as a window into their personality, and I agree. You can tell a lot about a person by looking at the movies they've purchased, just as you can tell a lot about a person by their computer desktop, office desk, and other personal zones. What would your DVD collection say about you if I were to look at it?

[Jason Dunn]

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/entertainment/2004-08-25-our-dvds-ourselves_x.htm

"The average DVD buyer has amassed nearly 50 movies, but up to 10% of those titles have gone unwatched, according to consumer surveys for Universal Studios Home Video. That's an average of five movies — at least 10 hours of filmmaking, not counting all those extras — sitting on the shelf, perhaps still in their wrappers. But it's not just a matter of time. Consumers are so taken with DVDs that they are buying them simply as vanity items, knowing full well that they might never watch them."

This article talks about how the DVDs that a person owns serves as a window into their personality, and I agree. You can tell a lot about a person by looking at the movies they've purchased, just as you can tell a lot about a person by their computer desktop, office desk, and other personal zones. What would your DVD collection say about you if I were to look at it?

[entropy1980]

OMG that is me!!! I have a little over 200 DVD's and haven't watched about 20 of them, in fact they are still in cellophane! Some of my favorites that I HAVE watched that I bought:

LOTR (all of them)
National Geographic" Making of LOTR Fellowship
The Goonies
Sixteen Candles
Breakfast Club
Singles

I guess that means I am a"Gen X/Tolkien Geek"

[sneech]

I guess it would say i'm cheap...

We buy a lot of our movies used at Hollywood video. You can usually get 3 for 25 or 30 dollars. New releases go for sale about 2 or 3 weeks after coming out for rental.

[dean_shan]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

What would your DVD collection say about you if I were to look at it?

That I'm a huge nerd. I have a lot of Sci-Fi.

[Tim Williamson]

I've got about 30 (counting multiple DVD sets as 1) and haven't watched about 7 of them yet.

[Suhit Gupta]

I have about 50-60 DVDs and there is only one AFAIK I haven't watched. It is Terminator 2: Judgement Day. The only reason I haven't watched it yet is because I have probably memorized it by now after watching it on tape or cable so many times. I just figured I should have the DVD copy just because I love the movie so much.

Suhit

[Chris Gohlke]

I'd say 10% not watch sounds about right for me. I have about 300 DVDs (counting sets as one item). I have not updated this in about a month, so add say another 5-10 items. Feel free to analyze my personality. I'll start, I must be extremely anal to keep a list like this. ops:

DVD's
2001
2010
10 Things I Hate About You
10th Kingdom, The
50 First Dates
A. I.
Alice in Wonderland
Alien
Alien Legacy
Alien Resurection
Alien3
Aliens
Almost Famous
American Beauty
American Pie
American Pie 2
American President, The
American Wedding
Animal House
Animatrix
Anna and the King
Apollo 13
Aristocats
Armageddon
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Austin Powers
Austin Powers 2
Austin Powers 3
Back to School
Back to the Future Parts 1-3
Batman
Batman Beyond, Return Of The Joker
Beauty and the Beast
Beetlejuice
Being John Malkovich
Ben-Hur
Bicentennial Man
Big Trouble in Little China
Bill and Teds Bogus Journey
Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure
Billy Madison
Blade
Blade 2
Blade Runner
Blair Witch Project
Blast from the Past
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Breakfast Club
Bring It On
Buckaroo Bonzi
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Season One
Bugs Life, A
Caddyshack
Capricorn One
Cat in the Hat, The
Catch Me If You Can
Cats - Nature
Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle
Chasing Amy
Clan of the Cave Bear
Clash of the Titans
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Clueless
Conan The Barbarian
Craft, The
Creep Show
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Crow, The
Cutting Edge, The
Dead Man on Campus
Desperately Seeking Susan
Devils Advocate
Dinosaur
Dirty Dancing
Dogma
Dracula 2000
Dragonheart
Dumbo
Dune
Dungeons and Dragons
E.T.
Edward Scissorhands
Ever After
Excalibur
Exorcist
Exorcist 3
Family Guy - Season 1 & 2
Family Guy - Season 3
Fantasia
Fantasia 2000
Far and Awaw
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast and the Furious
Ferris Bullers Day Off
Final Fantasy
Finding Nemo
First Knight
Fletch
Footloose
Futurama - Volume 1
Futurama - Volume 2
Galaxy Quest
Game, The
Ghostbusters
Gone with the Wind
Goonies
Grease
Great Moments of the 20th Century
Gremlins
Hannibal
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Heathers
Highlander
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Hulk
Hunchback of Notre Dame
I Know What You Did Last Summer
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Independence Day
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Interview with the Vampire
Iron Giant
Jawbreaker
Jaws
Jurrasic Park
Jurrasic Park 3
Jurrasic Park: Lost World
Keeping The Faith
Knights Tale
Labyrinth
Ladyhawke
League of their Own
Legally Blonde 2
Legend
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 4
Lion King
Little Mermaid
Little Mermaid 2
Logans Run
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Rings - Return of the King
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
Lord of the Rings : Fellowship of the Ring
Lost Boys
Lost in Space
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Madonna: Immaculate Collection
Madonna: Truth or Dare
Madonna: Video Collection 93-99
Mallrats
Manhatten Project
Manhunter
Matilda
Matrix
Matrix Reloaded
Matrix Revolutions
Meet Joe Black
Men Cry Bullets
Men in Black
Men in Black 2
Midnight Madness
Millennium 2000 CNN
Milo and Otis
Mission Impossible 2
Monty Python - Holy Grail
Monty Python - Life of Brian
Monty Python - The Meaning of Life
Mulan
Mummy
Nightmare on Elm Street
Osbournes - Season 1
Pearl Harbor
Pee-Wees Big Adventure
Peter Pan
Pink Floyd -The Wall (Copy)
Pinoochio
Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes 2001
Pokemen 2000
Pokemon - I Choose You Pikachu
Pokemon - Our Hero Meowth
Pokemon - Pikachu Party
Pokemon - Poke-Friends
Pokemon - The First Movie
Poltergeist
Princess Bride, The
Princess Mononoke
Queen of the Damned
Rain Man
Rambo - First Blood Part 2
Red Dawn
Red Dragoon
Right Stuff, The
Risky Business
Rocky
Saturday Night Fever
Scary Movie
Scorpion King
Scream
Scream 2
Scream 3
Secret of NIMH, The
Sex and the City - Season 1
Shadow Of The Vampire
Shawshank Redemption
Shrek
Silence of the Lambs
Simple Life
Simpsons - Season Four
Simpsons - Season One
Simpsons - Season Three
Simpsons - Season Two
Sixteen Candles
Sixth Sense
Sleeping Beauty
Sneakers
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Spaceballs
Spiderman
Spongebob
Star Trek - DS9 - Season 1
Star Trek - DS9 - Season 1
Star Trek - DS9 - Season 2
Star Trek - DS9 - Season 3
Star Trek - DS9 - Season 4
Star Trek - DS9 - Season 5
Star Trek - DS9 - Season 6
Star Trek - DS9 - Season 7
Star Trek - Enterprise - Season 3 (Copy)
Star Trek - First Contact
Star Trek - Generations
Star Trek - Insurrection
Star Trek - Nemesis
Star Trek - The Animated Series (Copy)
Star Trek - The Motion Picture
Star Trek - TNG - Season 1
Star Trek - TNG - Season 2
Star Trek - TNG - Season 3
Star Trek - TNG - Season 4
Star Trek - TNG - Season 5
Star Trek - TNG - Season 6
Star Trek - TNG - Season 7
Star Trek - Voyager - Season 1
Star Trek - Voyager - Season 2
Star Trek - Voyager - Season 3
Star Trek 2 - The Wrath of Khan - Directors Cut
Star Trek 3 - The Search for Spock
Star Trek 4
Star Trek 5
Star Trek 6
Star Wars - Attack of the Clones
Star Wars - Clone Wars (Copy)
Star Wars - The Phantom Menace
Stargate
Stargate - Season 1
Stargate - Season 2
Stargate - Season 3
Stargate - Season 4
Stargate - Season 5
Stargate - Season 6
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 2
Superman
Superman 2
Tarzan
Ten Commandments, The
Terminator
Terminator 2 - Judgement Day (Extreme DVD)
Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines
Theres Something About Mary
Time Bandits
Titan A E
Titanic
Top Gun
Total Recall
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
Trading Spaces - Weems (Copy)
Trekkies
Tron
Ultimate Guide - House Cats
Unbreakable
V The Original Miniseries
Wargames
Wedding Singer
Weird Science
Willow
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
Wiz, The
Wizard Of Oz
Xanadu
Yoga
Young Guns

[ctmagnus]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

What would your DVD collection say about you if I were to look at it?

That I'm really, really into quantum physics.

(Or that I don't exist.)

[Crocuta]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

What would your DVD collection say about you if I were to look at it?

That I think people who need to display their DVD's in fancy boxes in their living rooms need to get a life. You'd figure that out by looking at the unruly stack sitting on the floor behind my TV. I've watched every DVD I own, though sometimes it'll take me a month or so to get to a new one that I've picked up impulsively. It's not a large collection, though. I only buy DVDs if: 1) I really love the movie (not that many of those), or 2) I like the movie and it's on sale for <$10.

[Kent Pribbernow]

I guess I'm the odd man out here because I don't have a DVD collection. The hobby of buying and collecting movies has never held much interest for me because once I view a movie I no longer desire to watch it again. And when the rare occasion occurs that I do wish to watch reruns, I rent them.

Call me crazy, but buying movies seems like a waste of money. :?